Winst

The Revolutionary Republic of Winst République Plutocratique Guinot
Flag Great Seal
Motto: Noblesse Oblige Aux Gens Nobility Requires the Masses
Official map of Winst Official map of Winst
Capital	Silvus
Recognised national languages	Soliçais
Recognised regional languages	Lorian
Ethnic groups	No Data
Demonym(s)	Wintonian,Guinot, Gostian
Government	Unitary Parliamentary Republic
• Populos	Michelle Tourne, LD
• Plutos	Marie Brisbois, BBF
• Chief Arbiter	Anne Quilby
Legislature	National Assembly
• Upper house	Noble Assembly
• Lower house	Popular Assembly (Winst)
Establishment
• Declaration of the Republic	August 12, 1827
• The Noble Constitution	August 12, 1855
• Great Restructuring Act	March 20, 1928
Area
•	344,078.98 km2 (132,849.64 sq mi)
Population
• 2015 census	35,328,400
Currency	The National Hold of Wealth (The Hold) (TEN)
Time zone	UTC-4 (CST)
Date format	ddmmyyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+14
ISO 3166 code	WN
Internet TLD	.Win
^ No official Data is collected on ethnicity in Winst

The Plutocratic Republic of Winst (Soliçais: République Plutocratique Guinot) commonly referred to as Winst(Soliçais:Guinst) is a Gostic Nation and a Sovereign State whose territories consists of Metropolitan Winst in Western Lira, as well as the Dominion of Northern Meridiq. Metropolitan Winst is located on Relias Bay and is bordered by Mèronie, Arideo, Lunderfrau, and Ecelea and by Tamazgha, Kaitaine, and Ras Al Khaymah in Northern Meridiq. The metropolitan area is small and densely populated with roughly 81% of the nation's population living in 26% of the country's land mass. Winst has an estimated population of 35,328,400 as of the 2015 Census. Winst is a unitary parliamentary republic with its capital in Silvus, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial hub. Other major urban centers include Portland (Winst), Kent, Valais, Balton, and Iré

Winst is a former imperial country with a history of colonization. Winst continues to hold the Dominion of North Meridiq despite international pressure and protests in the territory, due to its uranium deposits and oil. Winst has been heavily criticized for its treatment of the native population of the territory. Winst is a post-modern nation with strong ties to International Finance, Aerospace technologies, and Nuclear Power Research.

Etymology

The demonym Wintonian originates from the medieval kingdoms of Vinch and Asther. The kingdoms were both absorbed into the Lunderfrausian Empire in the late 15th century. The area was combined in the 1815 following the Continental War into the Grand Duchy of Winchester. After independence from Lunderfrau, La Republique de Vinchester (Lorian:The Republic of Winchester) with its citizens known as Vintonians (Wintonians).

The etymology of Guinst (Winst) comes from a group of Silasi adherents called the Paguinots. In the 16th century, the Paguinots emerged out of the split with the Imperial Theoin Church in the Duchies of Winch and Ester. Brutally repressed by the Imperial Army, the people became the inspiration for Vincent Remot's Les Paguinots published in 1798. The book is accredited for inspiring nationalism within the territory and calls for a nation for the Guinot people, called Guinst. After the passing of the Noble Constitution in 1855, the country officially changed its name to Guinst.

History

Main articles: History of Winst and Timeline of Winst

Gostic Migrations 200-458

The Gostic people are thought to have originated in Eastern Lira. A nomadic people raising animals in the flat plains, they are thought to have been a martial society. Evidence suggest a major climatic shift occured starting in the mid 200s as disturbances in the Inoran Ocean Currents caused a cooling of the environment known as the Hundred Year Famine. The cooling heavily disrupted migratory patterns in the region bring different migratory groups into conflict. The Gostic people either abandoned or were driven out of their ancestral lands and headed west.

The Gostic people encountered the Kingdom of Taber in 317. After several devestating raids into Taber territory, the Kingdom began paying tribute to the Gostic peoples. By 350 the first Gostic troops were recorded in the Royal Army. Gostic fighter soon began to settle in the kingdom as well as it's rival the Othurian Empire as booty from war and land grants from both the Taber and Orthurians accumulated.

Following a major conflict between Taber and Orthuria, several Gostic Generals began asserting greater control. By 400 both Taber and Orthuria were under massive strain from Gostic encroachment as well as internal revolts. The Kingdom of Taber collapsed in 454 when General Ralx raised his army in revolt and marched on the capital razing the city and capturing the royal family. Ralx beheaded King Niomia III and his family but took his daughter Vanta as his wife declaring himself King Ralx I. His subsiquent murder by Vanta on their wedding night in 458 followed by her own suicide left the throne shattered.

Almer the Great 465-511

Following the death of Ralx I a brutal civil war ensued with several generals fighting for control of the Kingdom of Taber. On the edge of the Northern Edge of the Kingdom the Gostic people were successfully unified under Almer the Great. Signing a treaty of nonaggression with the Northern Lunders Almer declared himself King of the Gostic People and marched south conquering a significant portion of the Kingdom of Taber as well as territory in the Orthurian Kingdom by 473.

Almer began a process of cultural integration with the Taber and Orthurian people, while promoting Gostization of the ruling elite. Greater unity was achieved between the disperate peoples following successful inroads made by Verro Missionaries. In 491 King Almer converted the Kingdom to Verro Orthodoxy. After Almer the Great's death in 511 his territory was split between his 9 children. Almer, Sol, Asther, Vink, Marz, Tak, Denti, Beoina, Verra.

The Kingdoms of Vink & Asther 511-1477

From the dissolution of Almer's Gostic Kingdom the history of Winst seperated from the rest of its Gostic brethren. Of the 9 Kingdoms Winst traces it's origin to the Kingdoms of Vink and Asther. Both Kingdoms were named after their respective progenitor King Vink and Queen Asther. The two Kingdoms were divided by the Silvil river.Both Kingdoms saw an entrenchment of Verroism, the spread of Gostic traditions and the Soliçian language.

A system of Quasi-Feudal familial obligations were put into place under the Damien and Sensa Codes in Asther and soon spread to neighboring Vink. The system allowed families greater autonomy in return for greater social control and obligation. Within the peasantry it prevented land estates from being divided into smaller and smaller plots of land as had been seen before the instiution of the system. Nobles were placed in charge of families but not their land.

The Kingdoms fought in a series of wars over domination of the lowlands and the Silvil river and it's profitable port city of Portland. As well as several wars against other neighboring petty kingdoms. By the early 1000s the Kingdoms had become important trade centers on Relias Bay. Following the successful Norian Expeditions merchants in both nations became highly interested in trade with the far west as well as with the Beo heartland of Meridiq. Although the first successful expedition west to Nori would not come until 1200.

In the 1300s both Kingdoms suffered from the Merchant Plague (also known as the Norian Plague) leading to massive damage to the two Kingdoms populations. Blamed on the Merchant class, traders suffered heavy oppression during this time leading to a collapse of trade.

The Lunder Conquests 1430-1477

Starting in the 15th century, both Kingdoms came under increased pressure by the newly formed neighboring Empire of Lunder. Several incursion in the 1430s and 1450s left both Kingdoms territorial losses. Both Kingdoms suffered heavily from another wave of the Merchant Plague in the 1460s weakening the Kingdoms further. King Vink VIII hoping to take advantage of the Kingdom of Asther's weakness launched a surprise attack in 1474. The King of Asther caught off guard met the Vinkian forces in battle and was slain. Ariel I and Last, King John III's heir, fled to Lunder swearing fealty to the Empress asking to be reinstated in return. The Empire acted quickly launching an invaison of Vink while it's king was still in Asther. King Vink VIII attempted to draw the Lunder army into battle but was unable to goad the Army. At the battle of Vesil in 1476, Vink VIII attempted to lead his army across the Vesil River to flank the Lunder encampment only to drown on his crossing. The resulting power struggle left the army in disarray giving the Lunder army time to regroup and rout the army. The conquest completed, Vink VIII daughter Marie became the first Duchess of Winch while Ariel I and Last was allowed to keep the title of King until her passing in 1492 when it was formally inherited and abolished by the Empress who established the Duchy of Ester.

Dutchies Winch and Ester 1477-1811

Following the Luder civil war. Both Gostic Duchies were able to require a significant amount of autonomy in the Empire. Wars between other Dutchies led to a restoration of lands previously held by the Gostic people's. Intermarriages with other Lunder Nobility led to a hybridization of Gostic and Lunder cultures among the aristocracy but little intermixing in the peasantry. Gostic traditions that had been stifled under the former Empire quickly found their ways back into the culture.

Religious Unrest 1670-1720

Beoin

The Plutocratic Republic of Winst 1928-Present

The Great Restructuring Act of 1928

By 1914 the hereditary noble houses had radically changed. With a limited gene pool and growing health issues, many Houses began adopting new members in. Since most Families had either property or business supporting them they choose people who had risen through the ranks of their companies establishing a precedent that would transform the Families away from their hereditary ties moving them towards more corporate ones. Following the Olympic War the large amount of nobles killed forced nearly all Noble Houses had begun to use this practice. With some Houses fully modernized into professional organizations dropping all former hereditary ties. This presented a problem as the House of Peers and upper Wintonian society had been based around the aristocratic families. The National Assembly passed The Great Restructuring Act of 1928 remodeling the upper house giving it more power and control in return for new checks and balances desired by the lower class after years of the Corporate Families abusing their workers. The modern Wintonian political system derives itself from this time period.

Since 1928 Winst has struck a careful balance between the two main factions within the country that has not been replicated elsewhere in the world. A slow devolution of power has taken place over time towards the more democratic lower house, and the original class structure has slowly faded as well as social mobility has increased.

Government & Politics

Winst is a unitary parliamentary republic heavily influenced by its ideological background of both plutocracy and democracy. Wintonian politics are characterized by two politically opposed groupings: one democratic with competing left and right leaning parties, and the other plutocratic with competing factions rather than ideological groups.

Executive Branch

The executive branch is divided between two leaders the Populos and Plutos each serving in the functions of head of state and head of government. The Populos acts a prime minister leading the Lower house in the National Assembly. By in large, the Populos has the greatest control over the government as an executive. The Plutos is elected by the upper house among its peers. The position is considered to have tremendous influence, however, is lacking in direct control. When working together the executives have tremendous control. If not in agreement the other can prevent most actions the other takes. The necessity for cooperation influences the upper houses election of the Plutos significantly as it takes place after the lower houses elections.

Legislative Branch

The Legislative Branch is Bicameral in nature with certain rights and duties being given to either house. The Lower House known as the Popular Assembly is elected with no fixed elections for a maximum of 5 years. Representatives of the Popular Assembly can't work for any of the Corporate Families or if they do must be a part of the Union. The Lower House is responsible for most governmental functions especially the budget. The republican traditions in the lower house prevent and distrust any incursions of the upper house in their politics. There is a total of 509 representatives with districts redrawn every 10 years following the census.

The Upper House, the Noble Assembly, takes on an advising role, approving important public appointments, ratifying treaties, and share the responsibilities of altering the constitution with the lower house. The Upper House consists entirely out of Hereditary Peers and Corporate Peers. There are no general elections although some companies run closed elections for their seat. There is a total of 154 seat in the upperhouse.

Judicial Branch

The Wintonian legal system is based on common law as a means to maintain the rule of law in the country. The High Court of the Realm serves as the Constitutional Court in Winst. The uses abstract review by this court makes it far more political in nature than many other court systems. Vacant seats must be filled by a judge nominated by both The Populos and Plutos as well as both chambers of Parliament. This has left the court in a rather neutral composition balancing between the two ideological centers. The High Court of the State serves as the highest Appeals court with vacancies filled by the Populos nomination and the Assembly of Peers approval.

Geography

The terrain is mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in the north and west and mountainous in the south and the east.

Winst has a moderate climate. The majority of the country is Oceanic while the coastline has a Mediterranean climate. This is due to the hotter summers along the coastline from the warmer tropical winds. Precipitation and Temperature are consistent year round, reaching neither extremes. Moderate snowfall is seen inland while the coast is relatively free of it.

The land is heavily forested although deforestation and agriculture in the past have left some areas quite sparse. The constant rainfall and good soil promote healthy growth. The southern coastline is home to more niche plant and animal life.

Economy

As a Post-Industrial Economy, Winst has a large service industry dominated by Financing, and IT localized around the capital and largest city, Silvus. Winst is also home to the world's largest film industry with the major studios located in and around Iré as well as the largest independent film movement with numerous studios in Beix. Winst is also well known for its Nuclear Technologies and Reactors and Aerospace products including Airplanes and Space Vehicles.

Wintonian Corporatism dominates the economy allowing for Monopolies that can undercut foreign companies prices and receive Government subsidies in return for fair wages and rights for their domestic workers.

Infrastructure

Transportation

Winst is a country that has pervasive public transportation as well as personal automotive transportation. The Courant System dominates the countries high-speed infrastructure interconnecting towns throughout the country and is currently in the process of adding advanced rail systems to the design. Within urban areas, light rail and bicycles prevalent, with many city centers banning the use of cars entirely.

The commercial airline industry is mostly deregulated and completely privately owned. 2 of the 5 largest airlines are based in Winst. The continued dominance is attributed to Winst early adoption of flight and the first-mover advantage. Portland-Silvus Airport is among the top 50 Busiest Airports in the world.

Energy

The dominant form of energy production in the Winst is Nuclear Power. Local mines, as well as mining rights in former colonies, have fueled the industry. Winst is a leader in nuclear research and the creation of Gen V Reactors. Renewable energy sources are second largest energy sector mostly focused on hydroelectric, wind and solar energy. Lastly imported Petroleum and Natural makeup about a quarter of the energy sector and is shrinking. Domestic Oil production is possible with reserves existing in the overseas territories, however, due to the small size they have been left relatively untouched and only tapped into during times of oil shortages internationally.